John boultbee brooks



(N0 Model.)

J. 13. BROOKS. CYCLE SADDLE.

No. 484,289. Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

CYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,289, dated October11, 1892.

Application tiled April 8, 1892. Serial No. 428,366. (No model.)Patented in England September 30, 1890, No. 15,424, and April T0 a/ZZwhom it may concern..-

Beitknown that,1 JOHNBOULTBEE BROOKS, manufacturer, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain, residing at Great Charles Street, in the city ofBirmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cycle-Saddles, (for which invention Letters Patent have been grantedto me in Great Britain, bearing date September 30, 1890, No. 15,424, andApril 13, 1891, No. 6,283;) and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specitication.

This invention relates to detail improvements in the trainings, springs,and accessory fittings of cycle-saddles.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, partly in elevationand partly in vertical section, a cycle-saddle provided with framingsand fittings constructed and arranged according to my invention. Fig. 2represents an under side plan of the baseframing and supporting-springsof the same. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section with some of theparts in elevation and upon the dotted lines A B, Fig. 1, of theL-pin-boss connection, or the means of connection between the L-pin orsaddle-iron and the baseframing.

a is the saddle-seat.

b are the seat-frame rods, arranged in double and nearly parallel orderand located under the said seat and with the fore part of them jointedat b2 to the connection orjunction b3 of the top terminal members d2 ofloop-coiled springs d, whose lower terminal members cl3 are attachablyconnected to the fore part f of a trussed base framing or bracket f by ascrew-pin d4.

The back end of the seat of the saddle is supported upon pillar-coiledsprings c, which are at their lower ends connected to a cross end f2 ofthe said trussed base-framing by pins or pegs f7, upon which the saidends of the springs may be vertically adjustable, while their upper endsare connected in common with the looped ends b4 of the rods b to theback under side a2 of the saddle by screw pins and nuts as, dependingfrom and aixedly connected to the said saddle-seat. The

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base-framingf is composed of a top-pierced member f3 andangularly-directed lower members f4, united at their eXtreme ends byforeand-aft parts or connections f5 f2. Thus it will be seen that thebase-framing is trussed or constructed after the manner of a skeletonThe middle part of the said base framing or bracket is fitted orprovided with an L-pin boss fi, jointed by opposite or side pivots i2 tothe lower members f4 of it and having a horizontal hole i3 directedthrough it for the taking of the horizontal arm of the saddle-iron orL-pin, which is afixed in position by the screwing home of the screw-pin4. The' upper part of the said boss has a neck 5, through the middle ofwhich a screw-pin 6 takes for the affixing or clamping of the said bossatan angle relative to the framing; hence the imparting of tip or tiltto the saddle. To accomplish the Said tipping or tilting the middle partf5 of the top member f 3 is curved or cambered to the radius of thepivots i2. Likewise is the crown t7 of the boss, to the under side ofthe said cambered part f5, which has a longitudinal slot or piercing f6,wherethrough the shank of the screwpin i passes. Between the head of thepin t6 and the top part of the cambered part f is a washer j.

The fore part of the framing is supported from a hanging bracket lo,with a screwed hole k2 through it, wherethrough the wormed part of atensioned screw Z passes and with its plain end Z2 taking into a plainhole b of the junction-piece b3. By rotating the said screw Z thesaddle-seats tension is adjusted.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In acycle-saddle, the combination, with the seat-framing and springs, of abase-framing composed of trussed parts f 3 f4, and with the latter f4directed angularly to the former, substantially as described and setforth.

2. In the base-framing of a cycle-saddle, the combination, with atrussed bracket, of a pivotally-mounted L,pin boss e' 2 s e4 t5 i6, asset forth.

3. In a cycle-saddle, jointing the fore part or parts of the frame-rodsb to a junctionpiece b3 or to the terminal upper members d2 ofloop-coiled springs d, as set forth.

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4. In a. cycle-saddle, the combination, with frame-rodsb, connected attheir rearrends to the under side after part of the seat of the saddleand at their fore ends to a junction- 5 piece b3 of the branches d2 of aspring or springs d, as set forth..

5. In a cycle-saddle, the combination, with jointed frame-rods Z7 b2 b3,of loop and pillar coiled springs d c, the former disposed for- 4 1oward of the saddle-seat and the latter under theafter end, as set forth.

6. In a cycle-saddle, the combination, with 4 the seating framing-rodsb, of a joint b2, j unction-piece b b3, tension-sorewl Z2, and bracket kk2, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto set my hand this26th day of March, 1892.

JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.

Witnesses:

HENRY SKERRETT, ARTHUR T. SADLER,

Both of Birmingham.

